CJ was born in Waterbury on Feb. 7, 1989, son of Christopher and Rita L. (Orsini) Saraceno of Watertown. He was a graduate of Watertown High School, class of 2007, where he was class president, salutatorian and a member of the Varsity Hockey Team. He earned his bachelor's degree at Tufts University where he was a member of SIG EP Fraternity. While at Tufts, he studied a semester abroad at the FAMU Institute in Prague. During his studies abroad he was able to travel throughout Europe, also visiting Italy where his mother's family resides and met many of his cousins whom he loved. After returning from Italy, he worked on a documentary film about veteran greeters at Bangor Airport, "The Way We Get By."

He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in the filming/media industry. He was presently working as a brand content strategist for NClusive of Los Angeles for this past year. He worked as a production assistant on the "Housewives of Beverly Hills," as well as on several movies including "The Taken II" and "Friends of Abraham." He was personal friends and worked with Thor Halvorssen, president of Human Rights Foundation and film producer at the Moving Picture Institute.

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